Mom of two, teacher of 8th grade science, and all around crazy person. I love what I do, and I love to learn. Technology, PBL, and Flipping are all my current interests!!
Safe and boring are words that I try to banish from my vocabulary. Teaching is not safe or boring, or at least it shouldn’t be. I have discovered that if I ever start to feel safe, I am leaning toward boring! So I try to always push myself… at least a little. The second teachers […]
Whew- What a school year! It is amazing how it feels like it started out a little frantic, slowed down to a nice cruising speed, and then went into hyper-drive. I am starting to see the end of the school year is near, but my to-do list is outrageous! Which is simply the reason that […]
There are several things that I want to explore with my team. We are an amazing team, with a huge number of experiences and a wealth of knowledge. In our first team meeting, I know we need to go over rules, essential agreements, and the other day to day minutia. But I really want to inspire… to […]
The class blog has been created, and is going to be in full swing in less than a month. This “old school” view with books and paper, shall be completely banished from my classroom…. FOREVER!! Visit it at Living, and Loving, Science. I am hoping it will be everything I wanted… and then some!! […]
Auditory learning has never been for me, but I completely respect that it is the method of choice for some. With podcasts, I have used with “flipping” lessons and have gathered podcasts/ videocasts and have used them in a data base as references for the students. Most of the students enjoy the videocasts. I have […]
While I would like to sugar coat it, I just can’t. Classroom 2.0 is a bomb for me. The THE bomb, but a bomb. As in, YUCK! I have been a member for more than a year. Possibly two or more. The reality is that I never use it, and when I do, there isn’t anything useful […]
LiveBinder or Diigo? I can’t say that I am sold on any one way of saving articles or blog posts to read later. I can see that this would be a way for me to help my students save their sights for referring back to later as we do more research for project based learning. I know […]
I have been researching tips for new teachers, in particular to start out the school year. This year, our team is blessed to add five teachers to our team, and all five of them have been teaching for less than five years. For three of them, this is their first year to set up a […]
Lately, I have been sitting in on several job interviews. There are some things your can tell, like personality, pretty easily. A candidate can share their ability to coach a variety of sports, ask the correct questions about content, and wax poetically, (or not so) about testing and what to do with the results. […]
Through following Angela Maeirs, I saw a reference to International DOT day (??!!) and decided to explore. Check it out! I love the idea of taking a day and being creative. If I can do this with my teachers/students, I am going to jump on it! If I can’t, and only have a personal impact […]